Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 35
US awards 4 Palawan marine protected areas
The United States government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has recognized and granted awards to four of Palawan’s best marine protected areas (MPA). At the second annual Palawan MPA summit ...
- October 6, 2022
2 die as fishing boat capsizes off S. Leyte
Two fishermen were reported dead while six others were rescued after their boat capsized in the waters off Southern Leyte yesterday. Bad weather due to the shear line and the northeast monsoon have been affecting parts of ...
- December 26, 2022
China challenges AFP supply run to Ayungin
Chinese Coast Guard vessels followed and again tried to prevent the Philippine military from sending supplies to troops at Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) last week. The Western Command (Wescom) of the Armed ...
- June 27, 2022
Lorenzana: China encroaching on Phl waters
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana countered China’s latest claims of sovereignty over islands and features in the West Philippine Sea yesterday, emphasizing that it is the Chinese who are encroaching on Philippine waters. ...
- April 29, 2021
AFP chief 'alarmed' at a new China coast guard law
Newly installed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana said he finds “very alarming” the new Chinese law allowing its coast guard to fire at perceived intruders in what China considers its ...
- February 10, 2021
Phl warship tests firepower in Hawaii naval exercises
The Philippine Navy’s warship, BRP Antonio Luna, has tested its main guns at the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) naval exercises in Honolulu, Hawaii. During the Gunnery Exercise phase of the activities held from July 12 to 16, ...
- July 21, 2022
Joint patrols to benefit fishermen- senators
Joint maritime patrols by the Philippines and the US in the South China Sea will greatly help in reducing encroachments by Chinese vessels as well as incidents of harassment against Filipino fishermen and other local vessels ...
- February 5, 2023
China on Ayungin incident: Phl boats trespassed
Beijing has defended its coast guard’s driving away with water cannons two Filipino vessels on a resupply mission to a garrison at the Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, saying the boats had trespassed in Chinese waters. “On ...
- November 20, 2021
DND: MDT can't force China out of WPS
The Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) between the Philippines and the US cannot be used to drive away or force Chinese vessels out of the West Philippine Sea, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana clarified yesterday. Lorenzana ...
- April 22, 2021
'Remember Recto Bank sinking'
A year after the ramming and sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel in Recto Bank, former foreign affairs chief Albert del Rosario is urging Filipinos not to forget the incident or surrender to China’s ...
- June 10, 2020